Mooroopna North

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 253 people in Mooroopna North of these 48.2% were male and 51.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Mooroopna North was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.0% of the population.

Of people in Mooroopna North aged 15 years and over, 62.0% were married and 9.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Mooroopna North was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Mooroopna North, of people aged 15 years and over, 61.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Mooroopna North was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 30 years.

In Mooroopna North 29.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 37.8% were in primary school, 27.0% in secondary school and 12.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Mooroopna North were English 30.9%, Australian 26.7%, Scottish 11.5%, Italian 9.1% and Irish 7.0%.

In Mooroopna North, 82.9% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were New Zealand 4.4%, Italy 3.6%, England 3.2% and Albania 1.6%.

In Mooroopna North, 71.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 24.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Mooroopna North were Catholic 24.4%, No Religion 23.6%, Anglican 18.9%, Uniting Church 11.8% and Jehovah's Witnesses 4.3%.

In Mooroopna North 92.5% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Italian 4.3%.

Employment

There were 127 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Mooroopna North. Of these 67.7% were employed full time, 21.3% were employed part-time and 2.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Mooroopna North, 8.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 55.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Mooroopna North was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 53 years.

The most common occupations in Mooroopna North included Managers 32.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.1%, Professionals 13.5%, Labourers 12.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 8.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 5.6%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.6% and Sales Workers 4.0%.

Of the employed people in Mooroopna North, the most common responses for industry of employment included Dairy Cattle Farming 22.7%, Agriculture and Fishing Support Services 4.7%, Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 3.1%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 3.1% and Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Mooroopna North was $588.

In Mooroopna North, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 52.8%, Walked only 7.9%, Car, as passenger 4.7%, Truck 3.1% and Motorbike/scooter 2.4%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 55.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Mooroopna North, of people aged 15 years and over, 72.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.3% provided care for children and 9.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 27.9% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in Mooroopna North, 29.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Mooroopna North, 41.8% were couple families with children, 46.8% were couple families without children and 11.4% were one parent families.

In Mooroopna North 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Mooroopna North, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,833 and those without children was $1,333.

Employment status of couple families

In Mooroopna North, of couple families with children, 28.4% had both partners employed full-time, 4.5% had both employed part-time and 13.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Mooroopna North, 88.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 11.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mooroopna North, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Mooroopna North, of occupied private dwellings 3.3% had 1 bedroom, 9.9% had 2 bedrooms and 53.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mooroopna North, 31.5% were owned outright, 34.8% were owned with a mortgage and 23.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Mooroopna North, of all households, 81.3% were family households, 18.7% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Mooroopna North, 24.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 0.0% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

Mortgage & rent

Proportions are calculated using all tenure types for occupied private dwellings. This excludes visitor only and other non-classifiable households.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households whose rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which are not renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households who own their dwelling, and whose mortgage payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which were renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Number of motor vehicles

In Mooroopna North, 13.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 46.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 36.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Mooroopna North, there were 4 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 4 (or 100.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 23 years.

Dwelling characteristics

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households. These tables represent occupied private dwellings where at least one Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait islander person was present.

Average number of people per bedroom includes a miscalculation. For more information see the persons per bedroom correction page.

In Mooroopna North, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Mooroopna North, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.